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Olof von Feilitzen

Olof von Feilitzen is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Olof von Feilitzen rather than just read about it. In short: Olof von Feilitzen (31 August 1908 – 29 June 1976) was a Swedish philologist who specialised in Old English names. Career Olof von Feilitzen was born on 31 August 1908 and studied at the University of Uppsala, where he taught as a docent in the English Department.

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Reference excerpt

Olof von Feilitzen (31 August 1908 – 29 June 1976) was a Swedish philologist who specialised in Old English names.

Career Olof von Feilitzen was born on 31 August 1908 and studied at the University of Uppsala, where he taught as a docent in the English Department. He became a member of Professor R. E. Zachrisson's seminar and became a specialist in English onomastics. In 1937, he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis "The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book". He served as Treasurer of the Ortnamnssällskapet i Uppsala [Place Name Society of Uppsala] from 1937 to 1938, when he became a librarian in Gothenborg. He also worked in various positions or as a consultant to the Library of Congress, Yale University Library and the Bibliotheque Sainte-Geneviève. He joined the department of acquisitions at the Royal Library in Stockholm and worked there as its Head for over twenty years before retiring in 1974. He died suddenly on 29 June 1976. At the time of his death, von Feilitzen had been working on a complete Old English Onomasticon, and the University of Nottingham had invited him to take up a special professorship while he worked on the project (he declined the offer for personal and health reasons). Professor Kenneth Cameron wrote in an obituary for The Times that von Feilitzen "won great acclaim and affection for his outstanding work in the field of early English personal names. His doctoral thesis ... was received by both philologists and medieval historians as the most important study of its kind to date, and it is a tribute to [his] scholarship that it is still today one of our most valuable reference books". He was an honorary vice-president of the English Place-Name Society, of which he was also an honorary council member; in 1973, he was the dedicatee of a festschrift, Otium et Negotium.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Olof von Feilitzen

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Olof von Feilitzen claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Olof von Feilitzen before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Olof von Feilitzen ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Olof von Feilitzen

In research: Olof von Feilitzen appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Olof von Feilitzen in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Olof von Feilitzen is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1908 births, 1976 deaths, 20th-century Swedish philologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Olof von Feilitzen outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Olof von Feilitzen in simple terms?

Olof von Feilitzen (31 August 1908 – 29 June 1976) was a Swedish philologist who specialised in Old English names. Career Olof von Feilitzen was born on 31 August 1908 and studied at the University of Uppsala, where he taught as a docent in the English Department.

Why does Olof von Feilitzen matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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